During an empowering acceptance, Doechii spoke out in the defense of LGBTQ+ rights.
Taking home the award for outstanding music artist during Thursday night’s (3.27) GLAAD Media Awards, the proud 26-year-old bi-sexual singer (born Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon) addressed the organization’s principles of “acceptance, inclusiveness, and empowerment” adding that America has lost these virtues in recent months.
“Those are the same things I strongly believe in and advocate for and that continue to propel me forward – especially now that hard-won cultural change and rights for transgender people and the LGBTQ community have been threatened.” “And I am disgusted. Disgusted. But I want to say that we are here and we are not going anywhere,” said Doechii.
Since the re-election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, the rights of the LGBTQ+ community have been under attack. In particular, members of the transgender community are distressed by changes in laws that have forced their gender change on official documents, such as passports.
Elsewhere in her speech, the recent Grammy award winner paid respect to previous music artist winners, saying, “I am thrilled at being recognized with such a prestigious award by GLAAD and to be joining prior honorees such as Renee (Rapp), Lady Gaga, Lil Nas X, Sam Smith and Janelle Monáe.:” “This is a huge and special moment as well because GLAAD is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, which is super fab.”
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Author: Saul Goode
Photo: Josh Berendes (@brende_films)